Tag: arrests
Australian news crew detained in Kiribati for providing ‘false information’
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
A five-member film crew from 60 Minutes Australia has been in detained in Kiribati for what government sources claimed was false...
Police drop trespass charges against French TV crew at Adani protest
French television journalist Hugo Clément speaking out about the arrest in Queensland on Monday. Video: Euronews
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
The Queensland Police Service (QPS) has...
RSF demands Australian police drop charges against French TV crew
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has called on the Australian authorities to drop all charges against four French TV journalists who –...
Indonesian anti-corruption watchdog arrests nine, including House member
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) investigators have arrested nine people during a raid in Jakarta, including a member of the House of...
Duterte says as ‘parent of nation,’ he can order detention of...
By Pia Ranada in Manila
President Rodrigo Duterte of the Philippines has cited the power of the state to act as parents of persons needing...
New military counter-terrorism unit arrests 5 West Papuans, says Jubi
By Victor Mambor in Jayapura
Five civilians in Timika have reportedly been arrested by the newly reactivated military counter-terrorism unit for "aspiring" to West Papuan...
IFJ blasts ‘press freedom attack’ on Iranian-Kurdish journalist in PNG
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The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance (MEAA) in condemning the reported arrest of...
Lae police chief confirms ‘students’ set fire to PNG ballot papers...
By Peter S. Kinjap in Port Moresby
Papua New Guinea's Lae Metropolitan Police Superintendent Anthony Wagambie Jnr has confirmed that ballot papers were burnt at...
Chaotic PNG election scene in Moresby with cancelled polling, 4 ‘arrests’
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Papua New Guinea's general election has been rocked with many disruptions, the cancellation of the capital Port Moresby's one-day polling, and...
Human rights groups protest over 500 arrests of Papuan demonstrators
Jakarta-based based human rights watchdog Institute for Policy Research and Advocacy (Elsam) and its local partner in Papua, Elsham Papua, have condemned intimidation and...